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WASHING-MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 330,840, dated November 17, 1885.

Application filedv April 28, 1885.

.To a/ZZ who-m it may concern.-

Beit known that I, WILLIAM W. KONE, of Houston, in the county of Harris and State of Texas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Washing-Machines; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof,'reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference markedthereon, which form part of this specification.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l represents a plan View of the invention. Fig 2 is a vertical longitudinal section on the line w w of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a detail View of the hollow shaft that conveys steam to the machine.

The invention relates to washing-machines, and is more especially designed for army or prison use, or for use in hotels, or wherever washing is to be done on a large scale, though it may be made of small capacity for domestic use, if desired.

The invention consists in the construction and novel arrangement of parts hereinafter` described, and pointed out in the appended claims.

Referring to the accompanying drawings by letter, A designates a rectangular trough, of convenient length to be easily secured to the bolsters of a wagon. The interior of the trough is provided with rounded receiving and delivery ends ad, respectively, for a purpose hereinafter explained.

B is a transverse shaft j ournaled in proper bearings on the upper edges of the sides of the trough, at about the center of the same, and B is a pulley on one end of said shaft extended outside of its bearing.

C is a Wheel fixed to and turning with the shaft B; The wheel is composed of a central hub of proper diameter, and the blades c, tangential thereto, which equally incline theref from toward the end a of the trough when on the top of the wheel. The wheel is about onehalf as wide as the length of the shaft B inside of the trough A, and is covered by a semicylindrical housing, which keeps the water from splashing out of the trough. If desired, a wringer-roller, X, may be secured to the other half of the shaft B, and will turn almost incontact with a horizontal board, as, running from the inner side of the housing c to the opposite side of the trough. The lower side Serial No. 163,733. (No model.) n p of the wheel O,which moves from the receiving end a, turns near the block D, securedl to the floor of the trough A, and provided with the transverse corrugations d below said wheels.

E is a transverse casing,l preferably of cylindrical form, and having vits iioor bolted down to the transverse board e, which is secured across the trough A over its endk a. e are openings through the board e and floor of the casing, for a purpose hereinafter explained. The upper half of the casing is hinged at chat its outer side,to the lower half, so that it may be turned off from the latter, and when on is secured in place by a latehing device, e3.

F is a transverse hollow shaft, which turns in bearings f, secured centrally to the sides of the lower half of the casing, aslshown. The said shaft has fixed upon and rotating with it within the casing E a steam-chamber, G, preferably hexagonal in section, and having secured within its angles the ribsrg, V-shaped in section, and pointing radially inward.

g4 is a longitudinal door on one side of the steam-chamber, having one end hinged to the said side and the other securable by buttons or detents of suitable construction. l

f are openings in the shaft F, through which steam escapes into the chamber G, the steam entering the shaft (from the boiler of the steamengine, which drives the machine by a belt to the pulley B) through a flexible pipe or other proper' means. The said pipe is joined tothe end of the shaft opposite the pulley B by a rotary coupling of any proper construction. The end g ofthe chamber G, on the opposite side of the pulley B', is detachably secured thereto by the fixed detent g2 and spring-detent g3, as shown.

-H is a boxing secured to the inner surface of the end g of the steam-chamber, and provided in its lateral extensions with the openings h, which communicate with the inside of the steam-chamber. Shaft F turns in a central opening in the boxing H, and the portion within said boxing has an opening,jh, through which the interior of the shaft and boxing communicate.

h2 is a diaphragm or partition transverse in the shaft F between the opening h and the nearest opening f.

The steam in escaping from the chamber G passes through the openings h into the boxing IOC H, and thence through the opening h into the interior of the shaft F, out of the end of which it escapes to the air.

I is a crank-handle on the end of the shaft F, on the side opposite the pulley B. By means of this handle the steam-chamber is rotated.

In small machines for domestic purposes the steam may be taken from an ordinary copper boiler, and the pulley B be replaced by a crank-handle.

The manner of operating the machine is as follows: An assistant with a staff,made preferably witha V-shaped end,spreads the clothes and pushes them toward the wheel C, the curved shape of the end a aiding in their direction. They then pass between the Wheel and the corrugated block D, are acted on thereby, and pass to the end op of the trough, which, being curved, passes them around to the opposite side of the trough and directs them back to the end a, the assistant preventing them from passing under the wheel on their return. They can thus be passed under the wheel as many times as desired. When they are sufficiently cleaned, the assistant at the end a takes them out as they pass from under the board e, and puts them in the steam-chamber G through the door g4. They are there rotated in the steam, the ribs agitating them therein. The

steam additionally cleanses them, and the Water drips out of them and passes through the loose joints of the steamchamber and through the openings e back into the trough A. After taking the clothes from the chamber G, the assistant wrngs them by passing them between the rollers X and board x.

Having described my invention, what I claim 1sl. In a washing-machine, the combination, with the trough A, of the casing E, secured to one end thereof, the rotating steam-chamber G, and the shaft F, provided with the diaphragm h2, and arranged to take steam in one end, deliver the same through the openings f to the steam-chamber, and exhaust through the boxing H and opening h on the outer side ofthe diaphragm.

2. In a washing-machine, the combination of the casing E, secured to the end of the trough A, and communicating therewith by means of the openings e, and the shaft F, taking steam from a proper source at one end and delivering it at the other, and provided with the openings f and It and diaphragm hwith the steamchamber G, provided with the detachable end g', ribs g, and door g4, and the boxing H, provided with the openings h, substantially as and for the purposes specified.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM W. KONE.

Witnesses:

HUGO LEHMANN, L. H. DARING. 

